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How to Synergize Ryze with Nunu & Willump on the Same TeamRyze is in the a tier of champions

Ryze with Nunu & Willump

How to Win With Ryze and Nunu & Willump Paired TogetherRyze is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Ryze and Nunu & Willump

based on 729 Ryze with Nunu & Willump pairs
Win Rate
44.2 %
K/D/A
2.03
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download data from from millions of LoL games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Ryze has fought alongside Nunu & Willump in 729 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much accurate data from the publishers of League of Legends, we are totally sure that we can provide you with high-quality, usable builds to help Ryze synergize with Nunu & Willump. It is relatively rare for Ryze to play alongside Nunu & Willump as allies. This pairing has only taken place in about 2.1% of rounds with Ryze.

Ryze Nunu & Willump Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Ryze has done a terrible job of playing alongside Nunu & Willump. Usually, he wins a poor 44.2% of matches the champs appear on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Ryze when playing alongside Nunu & Willump by learning how to better synergize your tactics with him, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Ryze vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Ryze Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceZhonya's HourglassRod of Ages

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapStormsurgeLuden's Companion

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Ryze to level upq
>
Second ability for Ryze to level upe
>
Last skill for Ryze to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveBone PlatingOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Ryze's passive ability p
Ryze's q ability q
Ryze's w ability w
Ryze's e ability e
Ryze's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
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E
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Ryze and Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Ryze with Nunu & Willump

Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.

Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.

Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.

Advice to Understand How Nunu & Willump Will Play

Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.

You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.

It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.

Ryze Nunu & Willump Synergy Stats

Ryze Image
Win Rate
44.2 %
VS
Win Rate
55.8 %
Nunu & Willump Image
6
< Kills >
5.8
5.9
< Deaths >
5.6
6
< Assists >
6.3
1.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.34
179
< Minions Killed >
191
0.08
< Dragons Killed >
0.11
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,045
< Physical Damage >
1,026
21,457
< Magic Damage >
22,152
266
< True Damage >
298
22,768
< Damage Dealt >
23,476
25,620
< Damage Taken >
26,426
11,638
< Gold Earned >
12,017
2.02
< Towers >
2.19
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
4,035
< Total Healing >
4,408
15,147
< Experience >
15,956
17
< Vision Score >
19
9
< Wards Placed >
9
90
< Time Dealing CC >
95

How to Play with Nunu & Willump as Ryze in LoL

The Ryze Nunu & Willump synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nunu & Willump, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Ryze sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nunu & Willump. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Nunu & Willump helps Ryze perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Ryze plays on the same team as Nunu & Willump, he sees a small decrease in his full damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Nunu & Willump does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Ryze is played with Nunu & Willump on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Nunu & Willump. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Nunu & Willump.

Additionally, when Ryze plays with Nunu & Willump on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Nunu & Willump does a decent job of protecting Ryze during teamfights.

Synergies between Ryze and Nunu & Willump

Damage Types Compared

Ryze
Nunu & Willump
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Ryze
Nunu & Willump

Is Ryze better when played alongside Nunu & Willump?

There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Ryze that will no matter what be his #1 ally. Yet, Nunu & Willump is a terrible companion for Ryze. By being on the same team as Ryze, he decreases their win rate by -4.8% to 44.2%. This signals that there is an easy to overcome and exploit bond between Ryze and Nunu & Willump that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Nunu & Willump has a much lower diffuclty than Ryze. That means Ryze players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Nunu & Willump comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to do well with you.

Fighting together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Conversely, by bringing Ryze and Nunu & Willump together, you may not be giving your side a lot of sustained damage output. We recommend you include other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Nunu & Willump ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Ryze Players

How We Calculated Our Ryze Nunu & Willump Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Ryze and Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 729 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Ryze with Nunu & Willump comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Ryze in order to pair well with Nunu & Willump during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The best finished items to include in your Ryze and Nunu & Willump synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Nunu & Willump than with most other common item sets. In fact, Ryze boasted an average win rate of 44.2% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nunu & Willump with these items in his kit.

To have the highest probability of defeating your oponents, Ryze players should equip the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for Ryze and Nunu & Willump pairings, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.2% winrate overall.

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